Discussion of Round #0

Welcome to The Darkest Hour (TDH)! This is my take on a series, and this will be inspired by D&D.

So this game will be played like a normal game, except that there will be a Doctor. This Doctor can revive dead people (or bring them back from time, he he). When revived, a player can talk to other players by PM. If the Doctor does not revive a person for one round, privilege of being a Doctor is taken and given to someone else.

Also, you can choose to be either an elf, a human, a dwarf or an orc. PM me with your choice and the different species get a talkbox for each.

All the different species also have a different power:

Human: Bluff: Humans are leaders, and can influence minds easily. When PMed for, all posts made by the human will be edited so it is more believable. You can use this once a game.

Elf: A Great Liar: Elves are smart enough to detect lies. Every round, an elf can PM me with a suspicious post. Only the first three will be served. Ability only usable once.

Dwarf: Shielded Dwarf: Dwarves are great forgers, makers of wonderful weapons. Each dwarf can ask for a shield, they have only one shield for a game. When shielded, nobody can vote or force a vote for this little person. If somebody does vote for the person at the end of the round, they incur a penalty (see below). Your shield must be asked for at the end of the previous round.

Dwarf: Forge new Shield: If a dwarf does not talk or post for two consecutive rounds, they recieve an extra shield. Ability only useable once.

Orc: Intimidate: Orcs can intimidate people very well. When PMed for, a message is sent to the person the orc wants saying that they must vote for a particular person. If the vote is not made, the receiver receives a penalty. An intimidated person may not say that they have been intimidated. An orc can only intimidate once.

Universal: Don't Lie: The chosen human cannot attempt to bluff. Use once only.

Universal:Out-Detection: No elf can attempt to detect any post in the chosen round. This ability can be used once.

Universal: Swordforge: Any dwarf that has booked a shield for the next round will not receive it. One use only, unless a dwarf has a double-shield, which for this ability can be used twice.

Universal: Nerves of Steel: All players are protected from Intimidates.

Penalty: If a player does not follow an Intimidate or votes for a Shielded Dwarf at the end of a round, all their posts made next round are deleted. If they do not talk for that round, the penalty carries over for the next round.

Intimidate Conflict: If two or more different orcs ask the same person to vote for different people, I will only choose one PM from those.

To make this more D&Dish, you can choose a D&D class and name. It doesn't affect the game, and is just for fun so it's optional. I will add a bit of story too, maybe you can roleplay both games!

If you don't want to be the Doctor or if you want a bigger chance of being the Doctor, please add that with the PM.

I am the DM. For the next game in the series, Shadows of the Dwarves, however, a random person who survived will be the DM.

Money: There is no money in this game, but if you are present in The Darkest Hour you recieve a +10 gp in Shadows of the Dwarves.

---This message was edited on 2013-06-22 16:08:19---Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

Two questions- First, are the wolves also humans, elves, dwarves, and/or orcs? And second (this relates to my first question), do you want us to PM you our choice before the game starts, or wait until the first round? This user's extremely witty signature has failed to load. Please reload the page to see it. We apologize for the inconvenience. -Braingle

Max, the werewolf system doesn't allow regeneration, so that's the best workaround I could think of. Do you have anything better?Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

Max, the revived person doesn't actually live by the Werewolf system, so I can't really answer that.Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

I don't know, but I would not advise it as it will make it obvious that that person has been Intimidated by an Orc. This would be especially unwise during the latter rounds of the game as it would make it apparent that there is still an Orc or Orcs left.

---This message was edited on 2013-06-21 09:45:07---This user's extremely witty signature has failed to load. Please reload the page to see it. We apologize for the inconvenience. -Braingle

Howdy, howdy! Thanks for the heads up on this game, Yuffie. It does sound like a lot of fun. "An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." - Chesterton

OMG, this game jumped from 4 to 10 in one day, never knew so many people liked D&D. Hello all!

I also edited the rues a bit.

---This message was edited on 2013-06-21 19:29:53---Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

hey sonic, could you please change the color for yellow text? is a bit irritating and requires too much concentrating.Follow me on Twitter/Instagram: fahmed92, or add me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/f.ahmed92

Class and name:Please don't show this in case there's a surprise round.
I am really bad at creating names so i left it up to the random name generator
Backstory: Can I create this or are you creating this?

Also Max, you shouldn't have told your class and name in a real post, so I'll edit it and give you a better name...Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

And if you feel like creating a backstory, you can. Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

I got a little story made, along with eliminating the humans/werewolves you can quest to receive the Quarterstaff in dwarf city of Kildraek.Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

This sounds like a lot of fun! I've never played D&D, but always wanted to. Question: what exactly do the elves do? It just says "PM a suspicious post", is it one that was made in the game or what? What will be done with it?"I'm through accepting limits cause someone says they're so. Some things I cannot change, but til I try I'll never know." -Wicked

Good luck on 1v100 kitty-cat!Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

Just felt I should give a few disclaimers - I've never played D&D but I've heard a lot about it & watched it be played briefly, so I understand the very basic/core idea.

Also, I will be away from the computer this weekend (Starting Friday 28th in the afternoon to Sunday 30th in the evening) - I will do my best to check in on the game in the evenings (possibly in the mornings) & especially if the game starts, but I wanted to apologize in advance for any inactivity that may happen.

No problem Yuffie, that'll (probably) be only one round.Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

Is this game ever going to start? It feels like it's had 10 players for about a week. This user's extremely witty signature has failed to load. Please reload the page to see it. We apologize for the inconvenience. -Braingle

YAY someone knows about munchkin besides me.
I remember my 1st time teaching someone. They still don't get it perfectly but it is playable with them.
I don't mind having this game take long to start up. More time to perfect my backstory. Sorry if I triple or quadruple post at the beginning.
And has anyone seen Spamalot here?We are always sometimes monsters.

Waiting.. Waiting..Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

In the second round, yes.Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

I will use use what braingle01 said about bluffing. It's a really good idea, why didn't I think of it?

Hello everyone! We just need two more.

Yes, braingle01, I'd you did not follow n Intimidate, you will be penalised. However, if you tell me that you won't have an internet connection in a round/s, I'll tell the orcs not to intimidate you.

Also, should I bluff the elves' 'Detection' a bit? Like making it usable twice?

Lastly, to eliminate confusions between the race 'humans' (like in humans and elves) and the game player 'human' (like in humans and werewolves), I will call the race humans Men, like in LoTR.

---This message was edited on 2013-06-27 13:58:27---Ally or die. That is the motto of the new, REVAMPED version of Alliances I currently have. Alliances is a social game to the style of WWG and WTB. To learn more and/or play, PM me or check the public talkboxes. Come for a fun game!

It did it. So, sonic, you don't even have to change anything and then change it back. Of course, any post may be edited, so just because a post is edited doesn't mean that you did a Bluff for them.This user's extremely witty signature has failed to load. Please reload the page to see it. We apologize for the inconvenience. -Braingle

should there be some kind of a time limit for the intimidate? and we have also 2 day rounds. if a asks b to vote like 2 hours before day is over but b doesn't get online.. this is the problem i'm talking about. or what if the person goes to sleep 10 hours before the day is over and hasn't got on in the morning but someone asks them to vote? you can't expect someone to be online at all times.